It's a very good thing that April Wilson showed up for this game. In the home opener of the B1G schedule, Purdue was cruising at halftime 33-19. Playing a tough man-to-man defense, as far as I could tell, the Boilermakers kept the Fighting Illini offense off balance in the first half. I say as far as I can tell, because at times it looked like what Geno Auriemma would call a junk defense. Whatever it was it worked in the initial two quarters. April Wilson finished the first half with 18 points to totally dominate the first half. The second quarter was simply owned by Wilson, who scored 12 of her final 24 points in the 2nd stanza.
Purdue hangs on to beat Illinois 69-65
